... A SIMPLE SYNTHESIS OF (1R and 1S)-[1-2H1]-1, 5-ANHYDRO-D-GLUCITOL AND [12H2]1,5ANHYDRODGLUCITOL Masuo FUNABASHI* and Shigetake YOSHIOKA † Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoicho, Chiba 260 ... various ages. In a very recent paper, 4) Yoshioka and his coworkers suggested that this minor sugar might be a candidate of metabolic indexes for insulindependent diabetes mellitus. ...